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What The GTA Housing Market Can Expect In 2025
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What The GTA Housing Market Can Expect In 2025

What can we expect come 2025? Is the growth we've seen sustainable? What will sell? Who will buy? Prices? Ahead of the new year, STOREYS spoke to experts and insiders to get an idea of how 2025 could play out.

Multifamily

Starlight Buys Victoria Property Under Receivership For $23.5M After Bidding War

​The 87-unit rental building at 4026 Quadra Street in Victoria was previously owned by Asfar Holdings Ltd. when it was placed under receivership in March.

Economy

Where Every Big Bank Stands On Wednesday's Interest Rate Announcement

For the last interest rate announcement of 2024 — slated for Wednesday, December 11 — the question is (once again) not will the Bank of Canada lower the rate, but by how much.

Policy

Planning & Housing Committee Tackles Offices, Mid-Rises, And Missing Middle

At a Committee meeting on Thursday, councillors adopted a number of items that tackle the missing middle, optimizing building guidelines, and addressing office vs. housing needs throughout the City.

Urbanity Fair

My Condolences, Toronto: Your Downtown is Dead

Downtown Toronto is becoming less vibrant, less livable, and less economically significant. And Toronto, the city that prides itself on being world-class, can’t afford that.

Industry

Thind Sells Hotel Component At 48-Storey Highline Metrotown For $47.2M

The hotel will be known as Hyatt Place Metrotown and be housed in the 10-storey building podium of Thind's Highline tower in Burnaby.

Appointment Notices

Brett Armstrong Named Managing Director Of Avison Young Vancouver

​Brett Armstrong, who relocated from Toronto to Vancouver a few months ago, takes over the Managing Director role as of December 2.

Mortgages

Canadian Mortgage Delinquencies Ease Amid Bank Of Canada Rate Cuts

While the phrase ‘mortgage delinquency’ may incite feelings of doom, gloom, and dread, a just-released report from Equifax comes through with a (relatively) positive swing.

Policy

Vaughan "Dramatically" Drops Development Charge Rates

In particular, the development charge rate for low-rise residential has been brought down by over $44,000, the City of Vaughan said.

Industry

Construction On The One Threatened By Potential Lawsuit Against Receiver

The potential lawsuit is coming from Mappro Realty, the owner of an adjacent property, over the staging area being used for construction of The One.

Real Estate News

Canadian Home Sales Reach Highest Level Since April 2022

Though the Bank of Canada has delivered four interest rate cuts since June, including a healthy 50-bps cut in October, the growth in sales is being attributed to a jump in listings.